N1.5 billion Contract Scam; Omatseye Ex-NIMASA DG, Bags 5 yrs Jail Term
A Lagos Federal High Court, today, convicted and sentenced a former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Raymond Omatseye to a term of five years imprisonment over N1.5 billion contract scam. Omatseye is charged by the Economic…
NIMASA Fraud:Akpolobokemi’s Aides Changed N111m To Dollar Through Unlicensed Bureau De Change Operator
An unlicensed Bureau De Change operator, Mallam Sulaiman Oseni, on today, Monday, narrated before a Lagos Federal High Court, how he changed the sum of N111 million to United State of America Dollar for an official of Nigerian Maritime Administration…
Nigerian Army captures Niger Delta’s Avenger leader
Fierce looking members of the Nigerian Army invaded Oporoza, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom again in wee hours of today (Sunday) in search of Niger Delta Avengers’ members. After members of Niger Delta Avengers bombed another oil facility belonging…
4-Storey Building Collapses In Abeokuta
Part of the ultra-modern shopping complex being built by the Ogun State government at the popular Itoku market in Abeokuta, the state capital has collapsed. Unconfirmed reports have it that about ten people suspected to be workers in the building…
NIMASA Fraud: Akpolobokemi’s Aide Paid Me N342.5m For Job I Didn’t Do -Bureau de Change Operator Tells Court
A witness, One Chima Anyasor, today informed an Igbosere High Court of Lagos, that between February 2015 and June 2015, a total sum of N342. 5 million was transferred into two of his companies accounts from National Maritime Authority. Anyasor,…
Alleged N1.5 bn Contract Scam:Court Decides Ex-NIMASA DG; Omatseye’s fate On May 20
A Lagos Federal High Court, today, adjourned till May 20, for judgment in a criminal case against a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Raymond Omatseye, who was charged with N1.5 billion contract scam…
NIMASA Fraud: Akpolobokemi Approved ‘Looted’ Funds, Says EFCC Witness
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing trial of the immediate past Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, and six others, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, today, insisted that the…
NIMASA Fraud: Akpolobokemi Approves All Transaction -EFCC Witness
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing trial of the former Director-General Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, and six others, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, today, testified before an Igbosere…
Alleged N754. 7m Theft: Access Bank Bank Official Testifies Against Ex-NiMASA DG, Akpobolokemi, Others
A Compliance Officer with Access Bank Plc, Mr. Oliver Ewerem, today, testified before an Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, in the on going trial of the embattled Ex- Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick…
20 Oil Thieves Bag 6 Years Jail Terms
20 Oil Thieves Bag 6 Years Jail Term
Container Weigh-stations : FG Moves to Beat IMO Deadline
Federal Government is to establish weigh-stations at the nation’s seaport to beat the new International Maritime Organisation, IMO, law that makes it compulsory for all consignment meant for export to be weighed before leaving their port of origin. The law…
